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141

DYSON, Jeremiah, friend of Akenside,

I- 435- DYSPEPSIA, disease, vn. 586; diet in

relation to, vn. 206. DYSPHONIA CLERICORUM, disease,

xxm. 320. DYSPNCEA, arrest of respiration, xx.

485. DYSPOROMORPH^E, group of birds, in.

7i3- DYVEKE, mistress of Christian II. of

Denmark, vn. 587. DZERIN, antelope, n. 101. DzuNGANS, people, Turkestan, XXIII.

636. DzUNGARlA, region, Central Asia, VII.

587; xxni. 632, 639. DZUNGARIAN GATE, pass, Central

Asia, xxni. 634.

17 the fifth letter of the alphabet,

Cy > vii. 588.

EA, Accadian god, in. 193.

EACHARD, John, English divine and humorist, vn. 588.

EADBERT, Northumbrian king, xvn. 570.

EADGAR, or Edgar, king of Northum- bria, vin. 286; xvn. 571.

EADGYTH, wife of Harold II. of Eng land, xi. 487.

EADIE, John, Scottish Biblical critic, vn. 588.

EADMER, English ecclesiastic and his torian, vn. 589.

EADMUND (Edmund), king of East Anglia, vn. 669.

I. and II., kings of the West

Saxons, England, vn. 669.

EADRED, king of Northumbria, xvn.

57o, 57i- EADS, Captain, American engineer, XX.

580. EADWARD (Edward) I., early English

king, vn. 68 1 ; vin. 284. II., early English king, VII. 68 1;

vin. 286. III., the Confessor, early English

king, vn. 68 1 ; vin. 289. EADWIG (Edwy), the Fair, king of

Wessex, vn. 692; vin. 286. EADWINE (Edwin), king of Northumbria,

vn. 691; xvn. 569. EAGER, or Bore (q.v.), tidal wave, xiv.

654. EAGLE, bird, vn. 589; golden, xiv.

244. MOUNTAINS, Texas, U.S.A., xxni.

204.

EAGLE-RAY, fish, xx. 300. EAGLEWOOD, a fragrant wood, iv. 725. EALDHUNE, Bishop, founder of Durham

cathedral, vn. 561. EALDORMAN, Saxon executive officer,

xvin. 302. EALDRED, archbishop of York, i. 475.

EALRED, or Ailred, English ecclesiastic and historian, I. 425.

EANFRID, Anglo-Saxon prince, xvn. 569.

EAR, vn. 591; anatomy of, I. 891; as affected by sound vibrations, I. 100; its powers of musical perception, xvn. 102; in birds, in. 725; in reptiles, XX. 461.

EAR-ACHE, disease, vn. 594.

EAR COCKLE, in wheat, xxiv. 536.

EARL, title of nobility, vn. 595; xxni. 418; early English, vin. 274; position of, in peerage, xvni. 459, 464.

EARLE, John, English bishop and author, vn. 596.

EARL-MARSHAL, officerof state, xv. 574.

EARLOM, Richard, English engraver, vn. 596.

EARL S BARTON, England, steeple of church, n. 425.

EARN, loch and river, Scotland, xvin. 666.

EARNEST, in sale, xxi. 207.

EAR-RING, ornament, vn. 596.

EAR-SHELL, mollusc, xvi. 645.

EARTH, Figure of the, vn. 597; n. 792; xn. 442; its place in solar system, n. 766, 792; X. 214; age of, X. 226; changes in its centre of gravity, X. 217; early observations on its circumference, XX. 92; its geological relations, x. 216; gra vitation at its surface, XI. 66; its action on a magnet, XV. 223, 238; magnetic state of, xvi. 159; first measurement by Eratosthenes, II. 748; its motion round the sun maintained by Arist- archus, n. 504; by Galileo, X. 33; shown by aberration of light, I. 48; its motions in relation to dialling, vn. 154; rigidity of, xxni. 374; effect of its rotation on the winds, n. 690; tidal retardation of its rotation, xxni. 377, 378; Cusanus on its rota tion, VI. 729; sphericity of, X. 197; irregularities of its surface, X. 170; tidal deformation of, xxni. 373; influence of tidal friction on its evolution, XXIII. 378; Button s theory of, xii. 415; Thales s, xxni. 218.

, Sacred Theory of the, Burnet s

work, iv. 564. , Medicinal, of Lemnos, xiv. 436.

EARTH-CLOSET, i. 349; iv. 468; xxi. 717.

EARTH-FLEA, insect, ix. 301.

EARTH FLEA-BEETLE, xxni. 668.

EARTHKIN, Gilbert s spherical magnet, xv. 222.

EARTH NUT, XL 221.

EARTH PIG, edentate mammal, I. 3; xv.

389-

EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKES, vn. 608; x. 254 ; measurement of, XXI. 626; at Antioch, n. 131; in the Azores, in. 170; in Chili, v. 616; European, vin. 683; at Ischia (1883), XVII.

188; in Japan, xin. 574; in Java, xin. 601; of Lisbon (1755), XIV. 690; in Peru, xvin. 672; in the Philip pines, xvin. 749; in South America, i. 673; in United States, iv. 700; xxn. 287.

EARTHS, for brick-making, IV. 280; xiv. i.

, Alkaline, v. 525, 543.

EARTH THERMOMETER, xxni. 291.

EARTHWORKS, fortifications, ix. 430.

EARTHWORM, xxiv. 677.

EARWIG, insect, vn. 612; xin. 152.

EASBY ABBEY, Yorkshire, England, i. 20.

EASEL, Painter s, xvin. 137.

EASEMENT, in law, vn. 613.

EASKY, river, Ireland, xxn. 159.

EASTBOURNE, town, England, vn. 613; xxn. 724.

EASTER, church festival, vn. 613; feast of the Jews, xvin. 511; time of celebrating, IV. 668, 675; Xin. 273. ISLAND, South-East Pacific, xix. 428; xx. 273.

EASTERN CHURCH, xi. 154.

EASTERN ROUMELIA, province of Tur key in Europe, xxni. 652.

EASTER SUNDAY, x. 774.

EAST GIRT HILL, Scotland, xx. 395.

EAST GRINSTEAD, town, England, xxn. 724.

EAST HILL, New York, U.S.A., xxni.

793- EAST INDIA COMPANY, 11. 701; xn.

798, 811; XXI. 827; its beginning, vi.

12; incorporation of, X. 185; gover nors-general of India under, ill. 570;

in time of Hastings, xi. 514. EAST INDIA COMPANY, Dutch, x. 186;

establishment of, XII. 78. EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO, xn. 731,

815. EASTLAKE, Sir Charles Lock, English

painter, vn. 615.

EASTLAND COMPANY, English, xxi. 827. EAST LONDON, town, British Kaffraria,

xin. 817. EAST LOTHIAN (Haddington, q.v.

county, Scotland, xi. 361. EAST LYNNE, Mrs H. Wood s novel,

xxiv. 644. EAST MOULSEY, town, England, xxn.

694. EASTON, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,

vn. 616.

EAST RETFORD, town, England, xx. 487. EAST SAGINAW, town, Michigan, U.S.A.,

vn. 616. EATA, abbot of Melrose, Scotland, vi.

732-

EATON, Theophilus, founder of New Haven, Conn., U.S.A., xvn. 395. -, William, his improvements on

cotton-spinning mule, VI. 498. EAU CLAIRE, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.,

xxiv. 617.